Oshkosh Ambassador and Libby team member Doc Ryan swings and hits a double during a game at Reetz Diamonds in Menominee Park. He has beaten cancer and continues to play softball at a high level.

Written by

Terry Licht
of The Northwestern

The Oshkosh Ambassadors senior softball members probably have all had at least one of the various maladies that come with old age.

A hip replacement here, a knee replacement there. Maybe a heart surgery or two. A kidney transplant. Arthritis and any number of other bumps, bruises, sicknesses or the such.

But when the numerous Ambassdor teams in different age groups take the field at Reetz Softball Complex at Menominee Park for the 16th Annual Badger Classic Senior Softball Qualifier Tournament over this weekend, two of them will have already been through the toughest battle of their lives. ...